Tip - The 15-Step Freelance Writers' Guide to Writing for Magazines - Tuts+ Business Article

Do you have this dream? You go down to your nearest big newsstand one day and check out all those big, glossy magazines. You flip one of your favorites open...and there's your byline.
 
 You've cracked the competitive world of writing for national magazines.
 
 The good news is, this is not a pipe dream. You can do this.
 
 There are no real qualifications for writing for magazines. I know people who have broken into major national magazines with no journalism-school degree, no newspaper reporting experience, and no previously published articles.
 
 Despite what you've heard about the impending death of print media, national magazines continue to thrive, and many pay well -- $1 a word and more.
 
 And yet, the vast majority of writers who try to query or submit articles to magazines get nowhere.
 
 How can you get your articles published in magazines? Here is my 15-step guide: | Tags: Writing, Freelance, Magazines, Planning, Pitching